pureza
Galician
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Further reading
- “pureza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈɾe.zɐ/
- Hyphenation: pu‧re‧za
Noun
pureza f (plural purezas)
- purity (the state of being pure)
- cleanliness (the state of being clean)
- innocence (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
- chastity; virginity
- Synonyms: castidade, virgindade
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Spanish
Etymology
From puro + -eza or descended directly from Latin pūritia; in either case, from pūrus (“pure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /puˈɾeθa/ [puˈɾe.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /puˈɾesa/ [puˈɾe.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: pu‧re‧za
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Further reading
- “pureza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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